CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Cleveland Cavaliers chairman Dan Gilbert is preaching patience during a transitional season that has gotten off to a bumpier start than expected.
"Our future plans are, as they've always been, commit to keep building the franchise into a perennial team that competes for a championship," Gilbert said during a wide-ranging conference call on Friday with Wine and Gold United members that cleveland.com dialed into. "I have no doubt that if we continue the path here that we will be competing in a shorter period of time than people think. As you build this thing for the long term, I think you are going to see something emerge here in the next couple of years that will be a core and base.